Department of American Studies

Black and young in Baltimore: a roundtable discussion

featuring Dr. Kimberly Moffitt

For young people of color, growing up in Baltimore is often anything but Rockwellian. Most of the community lives below the poverty line and there’s a widespread distrust of law enforcement....

Posted: May 5, 2015, 1:50 PM

"Baltimore riots" in The Conversation

with contributions from Kimberly Moffitt & Kate Drabinsky

On the fire this time and the fire last time and the time between

Posted: April 29, 2015, 11:43 AM

Prof. Gonzalves presents research at an upcoming conference

Association for Asian American Studies meeting in Chicago

Conference theme: The Trans/National Imaginary - Global Citites and Racial Borderlands; click on the links to see the full conference progam

Posted: April 19, 2015, 4:21 PM

AMST lecturer James Counts Early Sends an Update from Brazil

"Meeting the progressive future now" is the phrase Danny Glover and I used to express our delight when we were introduced to the smiling, inviting faces and serious social change projects of 62...

Posted: April 16, 2015, 3:17 PM

Mill Stories to be screened at international film festivals!

As part of the larger Mill Stories project, which seeks to document the sociocultural impacts of industrial decline and help amplify the voices of those affected by it in the Baltimore region, the...

Posted: April 5, 2015, 2:23 PM

Apply for a Fulbright Award!

I hope this note finds you well this afternoon. My name is Brian Souders, and my main role at UMBC is directing study abroad programs. One of my roles at UMBC is to manage the Student U.S....

Posted: March 30, 2015, 2:42 PM

AMST Lecturer Rita J. Turner Publishes Teaching EcoJustice

Curriculum Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms

Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice...

Posted: March 28, 2015, 10:02 AM

Doctors King (AMST) & Shewbridge (MCS) receive a major grant

from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation!

Baltimore Stories: Emerging Media Across the Curriculum – A team led by Nicole King, Associate Professor, American Studies, and Bill Shewbridge, Professor of the Practice, Media and Communication...

Posted: March 20, 2015, 2:13 PM

Ethnomusicologist Clifford Murphy on the music of Lead Belly

Lead Belly’s music defied racial categorization

Last month, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a carefully curated collection of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s recordings that is – like the singer...

Posted: March 12, 2015, 12:23 PM

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun

"Black children are not the enemy"

Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill...

Posted: March 10, 2015, 7:11 PM